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This title in other editionsThe Story of Clocks and Calendars: Marking a Millenniumby Betsy Maestro
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:January 1, 2001, will mark the beginning of a new thousand-year period on earth.But our earth is more than four billion years old, and humans have lived on our planet for perhaps two hundred thousand years. So how can it be the year 2000? The answer is that it is the year 2000 only on the Gregorian calendar. On the Hebrew calendar, the year will be 5760. On the Muslim calendar, the year will be 1420. And on the Chinese calendar, it will be 4698. So what year is it really? It all depends on what calendar you use and when you started counting the years. Here is the fascinating story of timekeeping: how, over thousands of years, calendars and clocks came to be. 00-01 Young Reader's Choice Award Program Masterlist Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS &Child. Book Council About the AuthorBefore beginning her career in children's books, Betsy Maestro was a teacher. Her first book with Giulio Maestro was A Wise Monkey Tale published in 1975, and since then they have collaborated on more than one hundred books. Their on-going "American Story" series began with the highly acclaimed The Discovery of the Americas and continues to help young readers understand and appreciate our nation's history. The Maestros live with two cats and a goldfish in a converted cow barn in Old Lyme, Connecticut. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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